They don’t have a clue about their end game here. The neocons, conservative warmongers, RINO’s, deep state and their beloved CNC BiteMe have no strategy here except to keep sending money and weapons to this corrupt, oppressively government, their next George Washington Zelensky. Over throwing the thug Putin is sheer fantasy and dangerously stupid.
We bitched and raised hell about the big lie of Russian interference in the 2016 election and yet we go out and try to over throw by hook or crook another government. We did it in the Ukraine in 2014, Egypt, Libya etc... why not try it against a major power and of course for anyone to attempt to interfere in US elections, why that is forbidden!
We are one miscalculation away from a shooting war with Russia. There are NO adults in charge in this fiasco.
Granted, proxy wars do not always unfold and progress neatly to an anticipated conclusion because proxies may have goals and purposes that conflict with ours. Yet Ukraine is culturally European and, fighting for its survival, is deeply reliant on NATO and US support. Moreover, NATO member Poland is all in on helping Ukraine and is a de facto guarantor of Ukraine's good conduct.
The developing combination of modern main battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and long-range strike capability are likely to give Ukraine the combat power needed to defeat Russia this year. Retaking or at least investing Crimea would almost certainly prompt Putin's ouster and collapse the Russian military as an effective combat force.
The risk of a direct conflict between Russia and the US and NATO is less than it may seem. Putin and his circle know that Russia would not survive such a clash, whether nuclear or conventional. And over three quarters of a century of armed and tense peace, the US and Russia have avoided direct conflict even when proxy wars raged on.